Abstractions

Thu. Aug 18, 2016 at 8:00am - Sat. Aug 20, 2016 at 6:00pm EDT

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Abstractions is a new conference that brings together everyone involved in modern software development — designers, developers, DevOps, and community leaders — to teach, learn, and connect with each other.

We've gathered a huge lineup of diverse #speakers, from language creators to community builders to design innovators, and are seeking interesting and unique proposals from our peers in the industry. Join us for three days in August to expand your understanding of the world of modern software development, both inside and outside the confines of your chosen expertise.

Abstractions Lineup

Larry Wall: Invented Perl programming language. Perl is used to build millions of software products including IMDB, Craigslist, Zappos, Amazon, and the BBC on the web.

Jeffrey Zeldman: Founder of "A List Apart" magazine and the design studio Happy Cog, co-founder of "A Book Apart" and the design conference An Event Apart. Also co-hosts The Big Web Show, a podcast about the web and online publishing.

Richard Stallman: Founder of the Free Software Foundation and creator of GNU and important tools GCC, emacs and more.

Allison Randal: Currently the President of the Open Source Initiative, OpenStack Foundation board, and Hewlett Packard open source development manager. Formerly held roles as the Technical Architect of Ubuntu and board of directors member for Python and Perl.

Raffi Krikorian: Former Vice President of Platform Engineering at Twitter and current Engineering Lead at Uber's new Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh. Lead Twitter's largest engineering initiatives, including integration with iOS and their largest product rewrite

José Valim: Invented the Elixir programming language, an emerging language that has already been adopted by major companies like Pinterest, Bleacher Report, and Lexmark. Also has made major contributions to the Ruby ecosystem.

Saron Yitbarek: Founder of CodeNewbie, a national community of beginner coders. Managing Tech Jobs Academy at Microsoft.

Aaron Patterson: Community leader on projects such as the Ruby programming language and Ruby on Rails framework.

Brad Frost: Pittsburgh based and internationally known, creator of resources for web designers, including This Is Responsive, Pattern Lab, Styleguides.io, WTF Mobile Web, and Mobile Web Best Practices.

If you are unable to attend because of price, please do not let that prevent you from attending. We have a great scholarship program supported by our attendees and sponsors. Learn more and apply for assistance.

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